- 21:44 15/03/2006
Customs officers in Belarus refused to let in a batch of U.S. camping gear Wednesday, four days before the country's presidential elections.
- 21:17 15/03/2006
- 20:31 15/03/2006
U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman extended the invitation to join the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) during his meeting in Moscow with Sergei Kirienko.
- 20:09 15/03/2006
Sergei Lavrov discussed the current situation in the Middle East with Condoleezza Rice during a telephone conversation.
- 19:02 15/03/2006
The commission also reported a substantial decline in the number of bird flu cases in poultry and fowl due to the departure of migratory birds from Azerbaijan.
- 18:09 15/03/2006
- 17:11 15/03/2006
"Hamas holds a pragmatic position on this issue, and understands what is going on."
- 16:56 15/03/2006
"The situation in Israel smells of a catastrophe," said Mikhail Margelov, who heads the international affairs committee of the Federation Council.
- 16:08 15/03/2006
- 16:03 15/03/2006
"We are appealing to the leadership of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, to all Palestinian political forces and organizations to exercise restraint and not to take steps that may further escalate tensions"
- 16:01 15/03/2006
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- 15:32 15/03/2006
Russia and Britain discussed counter-terrorism measures and improvement of antiterrorism legislature, a statement from Russia's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
- 14:38 15/03/2006
Russia's state-run electricity monopoly reported Wednesday that aggregate trading volume on its B2B-Energo marketplace had reached $1 billion.
- 14:25 15/03/2006
- 13:46 15/03/2006
Energy ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations will meet in Moscow this week to discuss global energy security, Russia's Industry and Energy Ministry said Wednesday.
- 13:32 15/03/2006
- 12:30 15/03/2006
"We are satisfied with the autopsy results and confirm that Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack," said Leo Bokeriya, director of Bakulev Institute, Russia's leading cardiology center.
- 11:53 15/03/2006
Lavrov said a scenario of "financial strangulation," including refusal of aid to the Palestinian National Authority, would be fruitless, adding that Hamas would most likely win another landslide victory in new elections or bring to power extremist forces within the organization, leading to chaos in Palestinian territory.
